5.18.2013

THE NOTE WRITING

Day 18 of the challenge.
Tell a story from your childhood.

One of my fondest childhood memories are the notes I would write my mother. I would write her a note almost everyday, leave it on her bed, and wait for a response. Each time I wrote, she wrote back... I would write about anything... asking to do things, telling her about my ideas, reminding her of upcoming events, recounting the days happenings... you name it, I wrote about it.


I did this for years! I remember writing her as a child, just learning how to write... I remember writing to her about shaving my legs for the first time... I remember writing to her as a teenager apologizing for getting upset or asking permission to do something I really wanted to do. I even went through a phase where I would write her notes using really big flowery language like you would find in books like Pride and Prejudice.

I have notebooks full of notes back and forth between my mom and I... now as a grown woman... they are one of my very favorite childhood keepsakes. Writing was my avenue for communication... go figure I like to write here now?

5.17.2013

FALLING FOR FRIDAY 14 WITH MEAGAN FROM BECAUSE OF JACKIE

Welcome welcome my friends! I am actually pretty excited to share with you this week some things I have absolutely been head over heels for! There pretty much is no rhyme or reason to any of it other than it seemed to tickle my fancy... and that is enough for me!


This children's desk space is amazing. Colorful, youthful, creative… I love it. I can not wait for my babies to get old enough for their own space like this…

Can we just talk about how sweet this little girlfriend is in that my cream peony headband? i can not get over how adorable she looks!!! You have got to read the post too… so heartfelt and beautiful…

Oh New Jersey… will always and forever be home. This shirt is perfect. Perfect!! I need one…

Ascot Friday… everything about her style these days speaks to me. I fall in love with her style over and over and over… be careful… I am so not liable for undisclosed amounts of time spent browsing her archives. Just saying!

Goods by Grinn does it again! They have a special running this week over here with a limited edition black and white pillow that I am drooling over. The finish on it looks fabulous!

How sweet is this delicate, personalized, gold bar necklace. The perfect every day piece… totally sentimental and lovely. I would love to see a few of them layered together… like three sounds good right? My two babies and husband? I can see it now. LOVING IT!

What even needs to be said about this bag? The tassels, the embroidery, the color, the silhouette, the strap, the… everything? Seriously though… you should see the rest of the bags. I'm pretty sure I'd be incredibly happy with just about any of them!

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Welcome to Falling For Friday, THE place to come link up all the fabulous things you are totally obsessing over each week. Whether it be some brilliant new handmade goodness, a totally inspirational blog, or a little video that made you practically pee your pants... whatever it might be... we want to see it! We all love sharing those things that just make us drool, so consider this your formal invitation to join Dawnelle and Kelly each and every Friday!

This week we are so excited to have Meagan join us from Because of Jackie. She is absolutely adorable and has become one of my favorite people! She has a fabulous style sense and quite the sense of humor. I highly recommend spending some time perusing her archives... they won't disappoint... promise!

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MY FAVORITE PHOTO

Day 17 of the challenge.
A favorite photo of yourself and why.

This is hard. I am my worst critic. I look at every photo of myself and have a million things to say bad about it. There is always something I don't like. But I'm getting better... I am learning to accept myself for the way I am.

So favorite photo of myself currently is this one...


Why? Because it represents me... everything about it... It is relaxed and simple. The outfit is so typical of me... it is my everyday uniform... skinnies, t-shirt, cardigan, moccs, stacks of bracelets, and aviators. My hair is doing exactly what I always want it to do. The only thing missing? a headband! Because I wear one almost everyday...

But besides what I am wearing... I feel like it represents... me. Something about it captures the inner Dawnelle. Not quite sure how to explain it but it just "feels" like me and that is hard to capture.

5.16.2013

IT'S REALLY HARD...

Day 16 in the challenge.
Something difficult about your "lot in life" and how you're working to overcome it.

To be completely honest... I wasn't going to write anything today. I was just going to skip it. I didn't know what to write about and what I really wanted to write about was too hard.

It still is hard. But I'm going to do it anyway because I need to get it out. I need to just write and record and remember because one day I will look back at this time of my life and I would like to remember...

Is it the hardest thing anyone could go through? Not at all. Are there people out there with harder things in life? Most definetly. Does that make it any less hard for me? Nope.

For the past seven months... my husband has been living on the other side of the country. I see him, if we're lucky, once a month for a few days. The hardest part? I have no idea when it is going to end. We are just... waiting... I have to stay on the east coast with our house, waiting for it to sell and he has to stay in Seattle waiting for us to be able to move out there with him. 

Why is this so hard? I am alone... all day everyday with two small children. He is alone... all day everyday... completely alone. I am dying for our family to be together again, for him to come home from work everyday, to have meals together as a family, to not go to bed alone every night. 

This past week he was home and it was wonderful... beyond wonderful... but he leaves again in two days and I can't even think about it without crying. Literally. I don't know the next time he will be back. I don't know when our house will sell. I don't know when we will be together again permantly and you know what? It kills me... everything about it. 


How am I trying to overcome this? To be honest... I have no idea what to do. There are good days and bad days. Days where I feel like I could conquer the world, things are going to be great, and I'm full of hope. Then there are days where I just want to sit and cry all day, where I have no hope, where I feel like things will never change.

So what am I doing to move on and deal with my "lot in life?" I am taking one day at a time. I am praying, hoping, and trusting. I am... living...

5.15.2013

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Day 15 of the challenge.
A day in the life.

I often think... why in the world would anyone want to know what happens on a daily basis in my life? My days aren't anything exciting... they run together really... but then again we never do the same thing every day. There is always a little something different. It made me realize that I am SO incredibly lucky and blessed to live the life I do and have the opportunity to stay home with my children and see all these little things everyday. With that said... let's get on with it, shall we?

Each morning begins with Christopher crawling into bed with me and snoozing until Mikah girl wakes up. We caravan down for breakfast and morning chores until girlfriend takes a nap. Then playtime starts and I get to finally get my classy and fabulous going! We were super lucky this week to have Daddy home with us... Christopher thought it was basically the best thing in the world and went absolutely no where without him. Plus... he is a stickler about a tidy house and I'm pretty sure that is the best thing in the world!


Generally we wait to leave the house until Mikah wakes up, today was no exception. As soon as she woke, we strapped into the car and headed into Philly to pick up my brother to come back and spend the evening with my family. A car nap totally happened... much like a stroller nap... it must be treated delicately to extend it as long as possible. Christopher however didn't like the bridge and woke up... Oh well.

We always have to wait for my brother though so that means playtime in the car... the kids favorite! I mean really who doesn't want to spend time crawling around on their mom and dad's lap pretending to drive??


Time at my parents house ALWAYS includes eating some delicious food. Today was no exception... fried chicken, rubens, grapes, watermelon, and banana bread... and that wasn't even dinner!! Christopher ended up with a fever so we didn't get to stay for dinner! (My family's favorite past time is to cook together I'm pretty sure. We always make a big feast when we get together.)


Bedtime came early... thankfully... My children share basically everything, so yes that is Mikah with a blue binki and Christopher's old pj's. But hey! They work the same for a girl as they do for a boy.

Now I will brag for two seconds... my babies sleep! YES! It took practically what feels like forever and just about killed me but they finally are sleeping through the night and going to bed at a decent hour for me. This means by 8pm every night... both my kids are tucked in snug into their beds and there until morning. Probably the only reason I'm still even slightly sane these days.

And that concludes this segment of a day with the Sarlo's... please return tomorrow for something much more exciting!



5.14.2013

CLASSY AND FABULOUS... THE SKIRT DECISION EDITION

Growing up I was a serious tom boy... totally and completely... I wore nothing with any sort of ruffles, frills, lace, pink, purple, or pastely colors. I loaded my arms up with any sort of rubber band, friendship bracelet, or knick knack I could find. Skirts were reserved ONLY for church on Sundays and even then... it was rough.

Well, I've grown up a bit since then. Pink, purple, and some pastel colors have creeped back into my wardrobe (still totally not my favorite colors though... as I've confessed before.) I've exchanged my rubber bands and plastic bracelets for some classier jewelry (mind you I still love to load up my arms with lots of bracelets). But the skirt thing... I haven't gotten past the "skirts can be worn on more than just Sunday" thing...

Until this week...


I got a skirt recently that I am completely and utterly in love with... so much so that I just want to wear it ALL the time! I've been hesitant too though because of this stigma that I set for myself... no skirts except on Sunday. Well I finally decided that that was ri-don-culous! Why in the world would I not just wear what I wanted to when I wanted to wear it??

So I did!

skirt: free people // cardi: the oxford trunk // shirt: target // shoes: call it spring (old) // headband: rayna jaye // bag: target

And you know what? I loved it!!! I felt like a million bucks... and it was comfy as all. I mean seriously, why in world would I want to wear restricting, hot, tight jeans when I could wear an airy, loose, flowy skirt? I totally think I'm going to be wearing skirts... eh... ALL SUMMER!

Yep... I've been converted!

THANK YOU to all of you who linked up with us last week for What She Wears... it was incredibly exciting and fun to go through all your lovely date night outfits!!! I had a super hard time choosing just one... but this one was simply fabulous. I loved the mix of feminine and masculine, the lace shirt with the distressed jeans... normally I'm not a huge fan of these tops but this mix was totally fun. (Plus... you should totally check out her other outfits... I'm in love!)


Be sure to check out all the other favorites! I know I'm super excited to see who everyone chose...
Dawnelle from Just Dawnelle (me!)

And for next month... What She Wears will continue June 4th with What She Wears with a Maxi!! My new favorite... go figure right?! So, plan your outfits and come back to link up with us on June 4th. I know it is just going to be a fabulous party so be here or be square basically...

What She Wears


PS... Have you entered this week's GIVEAWAY for a set of vintage trinket bobby pins? Promise... you won't want to miss these super cute little things!

Linking up with...
Dear Abby Leigh, The Pleated Poppy, Watch Out for the Woestmans, Plane Pretty, Rolled Up Pretty, Transatlantic Blonde, Because Shanna Said So, Stylelixir The Mrs. and the Momma  

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY

Day 14 in the challenge.
Ten things that make you really happy.

In no particular order... because I truly hate ranking things... ten completely random things that make me really happy... (and yes it was quite hard to only come up with ten...)


Sorry for the repeat picture for those of you that follow along on instagram... (instagram totally makes me happy... hehe)

watermelon  // seriously I can eaten the entire thing in one sitting and do often actually
my husband // sigh...
barefoot weather // love the free feeling!
a great hair day // when you walk by the mirror and think, "dang my hair looks good!"
custard // not the pudding kind... the frozen ice cream kind... the good kind
my babies // of course
beating my dad at cards // or any game really... we're only slightly competitive, can you tell?
kettle corn // and the obsession continues!
creating // anything
being with my family // they're my most favorite people in the entire world and I love them!


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